Amazon deletes books from people’s Kindles

Amazon was forced to delete some books people had purchased from their Kindles and credit their accounts for the price after a publisher who had agreed to offer electronic editions suddenly changed its mind.

As one of my readers noted, it’s like Barnes & Noble sneaking into our homes in the middle of the night, taking some books that we’ve been reading off our nightstands, and leaving us a check on the coffee table.

Pogue left the best part for last: The books in question in this “Big Brotherish plot” were George Orwell classics “1984” and “Animal Farm.”